The Weblog
The local foods movement is alive and well in Champaign County! Here are some updates on other projects while we finalize our virtual market:
Local Producers Map:
Our local producers map is ready for publication and you will soon be able to find it on gochampaign.com. Copies will be distributed around the community, in the local telephone book, and other “hangouts”. The guide lists the location and contact information for nearly 50 local producers within our county. The map was a project of the Local Food Council and printed with the help of some local sponsors including the Monument Square District, Champaign Bank, the Community Improvement Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau and others. It is a great start to finding a local source for Champaign County’s finest!
Our Shangri- La
Get that fire burning strong right here and right now…
It’s here and then it’s gone there’s, no secret anyhow…
We may never love again to the music of guitars in our Shangri-La…
(Our Shangri-La- Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris)
So, thank you, once again, for the amazing, incredible market!! You customers, totally rock us, love us, and support us!!
I was sitting, and checking in vendors, checking out customers, with your assistant market manager, Mark, and chattering away with the Y staff, and then you, the customers. Everywhere, you could feel the electricity, the fire that sparks this market.
We watched so many customers meet up and chat. Some of them neighbors to each other, some of them friends who had not seen each other for some time, or, customers who were coming through for the very first time…the love, the amazing chatter, the compliments…the market was on fire!!
Our own little Shangri-La…our own little paradise, our own little mystical, harmonious place. The little local market of love, the best kept little secret around.
I thank you all for chatting about my life changes, my new hair (quite the chatter on that subject), and the chatter to both Mark and me on a well run market, a market that is fun, a market that is always evolving.
We couldn’t do it without you. We couldn’t make it what it is, we couldn’t show you so much love, if you were not there, giving it right back…
So, tonight, in our little Shangri-La, I reopen the market…
Let’s keep this momentum going! Let’s remember that we are groovin’ into Christmas, and that means local gifts are perfect for everyone on your list.
Look to see what our vendors are all up to for the holidays. What specials, gift sets, and gift certificates are they offering!!
I will be sending out Weblogs, from our various vendors as to what they are bringing you, this holiday season…
Once again, we know that you can put your money and your trust, anywhere. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for putting both with us…
Enjoy your evening…and get ready to order…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam